they say it's your birthday..

so i usually post on the weekend. well, i'll be away this weekend, so in case i don't get back in time on sunday...

it's not exactly my birthday either. not yet. but, i am getting ready for the best birthday weekend ever. tomorrow, i'll be going out with a bunch of coworkers for some drinks. then friday, i'll be skipping out of work early, so that i can drive to pittsburgh and hopefully get there early enough to save a pair of seats for emily and myself to go see the yarn harlot.

i'm ridiculously excited about this. (and in fact, i think i am indirectly mentioned by the pittsburgh tribune. an article i found there today about the upcoming visit mentions that as soon as her tour date was announced, calls started coming in from as far as ohio and buffalo. *cough cough* buffalo. pretty sure that's me, yo.)

a weekend in pgh would be a good time anyway, but adding the yarn harlot to it? i can hardly contain myself. i don't see how i'm supposed to actually get any work done friday, because i'll likely be a bit overly excited. i'd better make sure i get all the billing done tomorrow.

in preparation for what i'm sure will be my greatest bday ever, i have laundry going right now. (i know laundry isn't exciting, but it's necessary.) i also have a really ugly hat. (it's much further along now.) it didn't start out trying to be so awful, but it was some stash yarn from back in the day when i didn't know any better, a wool/acrylic blend, so i figure it's good for donating. there's too much yarn left though, i may have to try to make a pom-pom. hopefully my apartment won't just be covered in little tufts of fuzz by the time i'm done with it.

there's also some sock yarn just waiting to be cast on. it'll just be a plain ribbed sock, so that i won't have to pay much attention to what i'm doing. if i laugh too much while at the harlot's talk, it'll most likely still be okay. i'm easily entertained enough that its self-striping qualities should be enough to keep me amused.

also, there is another attempt at dying yarn. this one isn't for me either, but not because i dislike it. it mostly turned out as planned, though i did take note of a few things that i should do differently next time around. dying sock yarn might be my new favorite non-knitting past-time ever.

anyhow, enough babble - laundry to be folded, lists to be made... wheee!